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Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President, Metry Seaga.

Five More Companies Recommended to Operate Under SEZ Regime

The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has recommended five additional companies for approval to operate under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) regime, and is negotiating with another 40 that have expressed an interest. Chairman, Metry Seaga, tells JIS News...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), is in conversation with Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn (left); and Board director at the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA), Noel Osbourne, at the PCA's annual awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 4.

Dr. Tufton Urges Precaution Against Dengue

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP

Minister Shaw Leads Mission in London to Promote Jamaica’s Agricultural Industry

Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on November 27.

Nutraceuticals to be Identified in Food and Drug Safety Act

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

Prime Minister to Review Report on Petrojam

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on December 4. At left is Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Civil Aviation Master Plan for Vernamfield

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says upon the reactivation of aviation activity at Vernamfield, a National Civil Aviation Master Plan will need to be completed to inform an airport master plan for the area. “Based on the airport master plan, the timely development of the cargo logistics hub will be pursued,” he...

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Holness Ends Successful Working Visit; Signs Major Agreement

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has wrapped up his ten-day working visit to three major international Summits where he delivered key presentations. During his official working visit, the Prime Minister signed a major agreement and made several important announcements. In the US capital, Washington DC, the Prime Minister gave a keynote address at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Conference on Building...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); and Acting Senior Director for Gender Affairs in the Ministry, Sharon Coburn Robinson, pose with a social media frame for the newly launched No Excuse for Abuse (#NEFA) public education campaign. Miss Grange officially launched the campaign during a public forum, entitled ‘Big Ooman and Big Man Chat: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)’, at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on Tuesday (December 4).

7 years ago Gender Affairs

Public Education Campaign Launched to End Gender-Based Violence

In keeping with its quest to end gender-based violence (GBV), the Government launched the No Excuse for Abuse (#NEFA) public education campaign, Tuesday (December 4). Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who officially rolled out the campaign during a public forum, entitled ‘Big Ooman and Big Man Chat: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)’, at the Courtleigh...

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

The Most Hon Andrew Holness Chairman of CARICOM Press Conference Trinidad & Tobago

Since the 39th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Montego Bay last July, we have continued on the path towards making the CSME more effective and more responsive to the needs of Community nationals. We have just concluded two days of intense, frank and decisive discussions on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) during which we...

: Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, delivers Statement in the House of Representatives on December 4. At left is Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Bushing of Vernamfield to be Completed This Week

Phase one of the Vernamfield Development Project in Clarendon commenced on October 29 with the bushing of the aerodrome, and is scheduled to be completed by this week. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, during a Statement to the House of Representatives on December 4. By way of Cabinet...

Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (second left), listens to Senior Public Relations Specialist at the CAC, Dorothy Campbell, as she makes her presentation at a JIS ‘Think Tank’. Others (from left) are Information Technology Manager, Andrew Evelyn; and Director of Communication, Latoya Halstead.

7 years ago Commerce

CAC Says Consumer Protection Act to be Updated

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, says the Consumer Protection Act is due to be updated. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Mrs. Allen said that in recent times there has been an increase in new consumer purchasing trends ranging from body enhancement services to online social media shopping. “As we speak, a...

7 years ago Tourism

Gov’t Remains Committed to Falmouth’s Sustainable Development

Tourism, Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government remains committed to Falmouth’s sustainable development, noting that the facility has the potential to evolve into one of the Caribbean’s best cruise-ship destinations. Mr. Bartlett said that in the Falmouth Port, residents of Trelawny have the biggest and most attractive facility of its kind, “this side of the hemisphere”. In this regard,...